Thursday, February 9, 2012

Another Eye Witness to Bill W.'s Conversion at Calvary Mission

This May 18 and 19 will see International Christian Recovery Coalition hosting a nationwide conference in Westminster, California on First Century Christianity in the Recovery Movement and Fellowships Today. And founded on strong "conference-approved" literature as well.

Details and the formal announcement will be forthcoming in the next few days.

In the meantime, as we move toward conference time in May, we will be sending you snippets on how First Century Christianity and the Christian recovery work of the 1850's impacted on A.A. cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob. Also on A.A. Number Three--attorney Bill Dotson of Akron.

The first snippet here is just a preview. You can find the memorandum of Rev. Sam Shoemaker's assistant minister Rev. W. Irving Harris set forth in full in the Courage to Change book published by Hazelden, which I co-authored with Bill Pittman. Also, Rev. Harris's wife, Julia Harris, wrote one of the Forewords to my huge book on Shoemaker and A.A.--New Light on Alcoholism www.dickb.com/newlight.shtml. The memo is set forth in full in one of the appendices.

Mrs. Harris sent me a typed memo, typed by Reverend Harris, in which he described in detail the work that Bill and Sam Shoemaker did together, particularly in Shoemaker's book-lined study (which I have visited) located in Calvary House next to Calvary Episcopal Church in New York. Harris makes clear that Bill had launched his life as a follower of Jesus Christ, and that Shoemaker and Wilson framed the original manuscript ideas based on Christian approaches.

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Richard G. Burns holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Stanford University where he was Case Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He was a Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior Year at UC Berkeley. There he received an A.A. degree in economics with Honorable Mention. He was an Information and Education Specialist in the United States Army where he held the rank of Sgt. He attended the information-education school at Washington & Lee University. He practiced law in California from 1951 to 1986. He was president of the Corte Madera Chamber of Commerce, Corte Madera Center Merchants Council, Mill Valley Community Church, Redwoods Retirement Center, and Almonte District Improvemen Club. Also elected Director of the Almonte Sanitary District. He is a writer, historian, retired attorney, Bible student, CDAAC, and active recovered member of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous with continuous sobriety beginning April 21, 1986.

He writes under the pen name Dick B. He has devoted 24 years to researching the history and successes of the early A.A. Christian Fellowship in Akron; and published 46 titles, more than 1450 articles, and materials on Facebook, Twitter, MauiHistorian.Blogspot.com, Alcoholics Anonymous History.com, In the Rooms, Linked-in, Tumbler, MauiHistorian.Word Press.com, Aa Historian WordPress.com, AA History with Dick B. on cyber recovery social, Dick B. YouTube Channel, Articles Base, GoArticles.com, SearchWarp, Self Growth Experts, Social network forums on International Christian Recovery Coalition Forums, Recovery Internet Fellowship, Cyber Recovery, Daily Recovery, Christian Recovery Ministries, radio, TV, and over 70 audio blogs on the history subject. He regularly conducts radio interviews of Christian Recovery Leaders and Workers on www.ChristianRecoveryRadio.com.

He is Executive Director of the International Christian Recovery Coalition and of Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated. He is an Advisor to God's Way Ministry, a Christian Church and is also a consultant to Wyoming Pacific Oil Company. Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Law, Who's Who in Finance, and Gale's Contemporary Authors